#8A38D9#8A38D9

#8A38D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.230 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A38D9
RGB	rgb(138, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 63.00, -68.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 92.77, 312.78°)
OKLab	oklab(53.81% 0.1227 -0.1942)
OKLCH	oklch(53.81% 0.23 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4168, 13.2413, 66.9017)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A38D9 #87D938

analogous

#3938D9 #8A38D9 #D938D7

triadic

#8A38D9 #D98A38 #38D98A

tetradic

#8A38D9 #D93938 #87D938 #38D7D9

square

#8A38D9 #D93938 #87D938 #38D7D9

split-complementary

#8A38D9 #D7D938 #38D939

monochromatic

#4C187E #6B22B2 #8A38D9 #A86BE3 #C69FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#8A38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#8A38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A38D9

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A38D9	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0065D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.230 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b377e6',
    500: '#8a38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a38d9;
$custom-light: #b377e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.559,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53806,
    "c": 0.2297,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A38D9

secondary

#B6D994

accent

#EB3D92

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A38D9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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